The XML Core WG requests transition of
XML Base (Second Edition)
available at
http://www.w3.org/XML/Group/2006/09/xmlbase-2e/
to a Proposed Edited Recommendation (PER).
The URL cited above is for the most recent Member-only
version of the specification as of 12 March 2008,
dated to reflect the expected publication date of
20 March 2008 and designed to be published by having
the directory moved over to
http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/PER-xmlbase-20080320/
in its entirety.
This is the second request for PER of XML Base Second Edition.
The first PER is at
http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/PER-xmlbase-20061220/
We never progressed the first PER of XML Base Second Edition
to Recommendation due to issues of how we defined legacy IRIs
which we had been calling XML Resource Identifiers and which,
in this latest PER (and in RFC 39897bis), we are calling LEIRIs.
The XML Base First Edition was published on 27 June 2001
at http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xmlbase-20010627/
as a Recommendation. All changes to the document
are recorded in the XML Base Errata document at
http://www.w3.org/2001/06/xmlbase-errata .
A diff-marked review copy of this PER is available at
http://www.w3.org/XML/Group/2006/09/xmlbase-2e/Overview-review.html
Appendix D of this latest document outlines the changes between
the First Edition and this PER. The only difference between this
PER and the previous Second Edition PER is outlined as point 3
of Appendix D.
Given that the changes between the previous (first) Second
Edition PER and this (second) Second Edition PER are effectively
editorial and do not change the syntax or meaning of anything
in the first Second Edition PER, we are suggesting that we may
not need a PER Transition telcon, but we leave that decision
up to the Director or his appointed decision maker.
The WG's decision to request publication as a PER was taken
during a WG telcon on 2008 March 12 whose minutes may be found at
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xml-core-wg/2008Mar/0012
SCHEDULE
We propose a publication date of 20 March 2008.
We propose that the PER period lasts from the date of publication
until 30 June 2008 (though note that the exit criteria for this
PER as mentioned in the SOTD also requires that we wait for
RFC 3897 bis to be published as an RFC).
PROPOSED PER TITLE, ABSTRACT AND STATUS SECTIONS
XML Base (Second Edition)
Abstract
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This document describes a facility, similar to that of HTML BASE,
for defining base URIs for parts of XML documents.
Status of this Document
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This section describes the status of this document at the time
of its publication. Other documents may supersede this document.
A list of current W3C publications and the latest revision of this
technical report can be found in the W3C technical reports index
at http://www.w3.org/TR/.
This document has been produced by the W3C XML Core Working
Group as part of the XML Activity. The English version of
this specification is the only normative version. However,
for translations of this document, see
http://www.w3.org/2003/03/Translations/byTechnology?technology=xmlbase.
This document is a Proposed Edited Recommendation of the W3C.
This second edition is not a new version of XML Base; its
purpose is to clarify a number of issues that have become
apparent since the first edition was published. Some of
these were first published as separate errata
(http://www.w3.org/2001/06/xmlbase-errata), others were
published in a public editor's draft in November 2006
(http://www.w3.org/XML/2006/11/xmlbase-2e/Overview.html),
and a PER in December 2006
(http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/PER-xmlbase-20061220/).
This PER normatively references the draft of a replacement
to RFC 3987 (here called RFC 3987 bis) for the definition
of the term Legacy Extended IRI. It will not advance to
Recommendation status until the replacement RFC is published,
and the reference will be updated accordingly.
W3C Advisory Committee Members are invited to send formal review
comments to the W3C Team until 30 June 2008. Advisory Committee
Representatives should consult their WBS questionnaires. The
public is invited to send comments on this document to
www-xml-linking-comments@w3.org; public archives are available.
There is no implementation report or test suite for this
specification, but there is a document describing methods
of testing XML Base conformance.
Publication as a Proposed Edited Recommendation does not imply
endorsement by the W3C Membership. This is a draft document
and may be updated, replaced or obsoleted by other documents
at any time. It is inappropriate to cite this document as other
than work in progress.
This document has been produced under the 24 January 2002 CPP
as amended by the W3C Patent Policy Transition Procedure.
An individual who has actual knowledge of a patent which the
individual believes contains Essential Claim(s) with respect
to this specification should disclose the information in
accordance with section 6 of the W3C Patent Policy. Documentation
of intellectual property possibly relevant to this specification
may be found at the Working Group's public IPR disclosure page.
Paul Grosso and Norman Walsh, chairs of the XML Core WG.